THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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ONTARIO FRUIT GROWERS. 
The annual winter meeting of the Ontario Fruit 
Growers’ Association was held at Woodstock, December 
nth to 13th. The secretary’s report showed 2,472 mem¬ 
bers, against 2,104 last year ; gross receipts from member¬ 
ship fees $2,477. The following officers were elected : 
President, M. Pettit; vice-president, W. E. Wellington; 
secretary, L. Woolverton, Woodstock ; board of control, 
W. E. Wellington, A. M. Smith and A. H. Pettit ; direc¬ 
tors, W. S. Turner, R. B. Whyte, Geo. Nicol, Wellington 
Bolter, Thos. Bell, R. A. Huggart, W. M. Orr, A. M. 
Smith, J. S. Scarf, J. Stewart, T. H. Race, A. McNeill, 
C. S. Gaston. Association will meet at Kingston next year. 
WESTERN WHOLESALE NURSERYMEN. 
The annual meeting of the Western Association of 
Wholesale Nurserymen.was held in Kansas City on 
December 17th. Vice-President R. H. Blair presided. 
The death of President Kelsey was announced and the 
following committee was appointed to prepare appro¬ 
priate resolutions: U. B. Pearsall, Peter Youngers,}. 
H. Skinner. Mrs. Kelsey was introduced to the members 
present, and presented each a cabinet photograph. Copies 
will be mailed to absent members by the secretary. Each 
member is requested to forward his photograph, cabinet 
size, with autograph signature to Mrs, Kelsey so that she 
can frame a group of them. 
The secretary made a full written and oral report of his 
efforts to obtain restoration of class “ B ” rates, including 
his trip to Chicago by advice and direction of the execu¬ 
tive committee. The executive committee was instructed 
to persist in efforts to restore former freight rates. 
A committee of six was appointed to prepare a petition 
to Congress asking for restoration of former import duties 
on foreign grown nursery stock. This committee con¬ 
sists of A. L. Brooke, Peter Youngers, P". H. Stannard, 
Lewis Williams, J. W. Schuette, and D. S. Lake. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year; D. S. Lake, president; R. H. Blair, vice-president ; 
U. B. Pearsall, secretary and treasurer; executive com¬ 
mittee, W. F. Heikes, Peter Youngers, F. H. Stannard, 
J. W. Skinner and W. P. Stark, 
In consequence of extraordinary expenses attending 
the effort to restore freight rates, the annual dues for 
1895 were fixed at five dollars. Views of members as to 
current prices to nurserymen were discussed, and will be 
distributed later. A new P. A. Y. report was ordered, to 
comprise not only those who were known to be alive and in 
the business, but to include all whom the members should 
be warned against. 
The meeting adjourned until the th'rd Tuesday in 
June, at the Centropolis Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. 
NORTHWESTERN FRUIT GROWERS. 
The convention of the Northwestern Fruit Growers’ 
Association at Walla Walla, Wash , on December loth, 
iith, 12th and 13th, was attended by many prominent 
horticulturists of the Northwest. President N. G. Bla¬ 
lock and Secretary J. H. Tonneson were present. Several 
papers were read and discussed Among them was one 
by C. L. Whitney, of Walla Walla, on “ The Qualities of 
Ideal Nursery Stock.” 
I Kl 0 D fl ET D have your Plate Book complete, it will be 
111 U It U 11 Mi necessary for you to keep adding plates of the 
new varieties of Fruits that are coming to the front. During the 
past month the Steciieu Litiiocjrapiiic Co., of Rochester, N. Y., 
have added to their large list of Lithograph and Hand Painted plates, 
the following varieties: Lowell & Porter Apples ; Golden and large 
Early Apricots; Bessimianka, Longworth No. 1, Louise Bonne de 
Jersey and Vicar of Winktield Pears. 
Send for their catalogue of Nurserymen’s requisites. 
See additional list of varieties next month. 
APPLE GRAFTS .— 
I am now ready to contract to make either whole root 
or piece root apple grafts to order. As I only intend to 
put up grafts for the trade as they are ordered, it is im¬ 
portant to correspond early. None but thoroughly 
competent workmen are emi)l()yed, and our grafts can he 
relied upon for satisfactory stands. 1 still have a light 
surplus of apple seedlings to offer. 
Address, J. /\. G/VGE, 
F=‘rtlRBUR>^, INEB. 
INDEX TO VOLUME III.—FEBRUARY, 1895 TO JANUARY. 1896. 
Absence of Hedgerow’s, - - - 41 
Advancing to Salesmen, - - - 25 
Aid to Nurserymen, - . - - 93 
American Association of Nurserymen, 
50, 74, 80, 82 
American Grape Vines in Russia - 120 
American Pomological Society, - - 9 
Among Growers and dealers, 12, 21, 41, 
52, 07, 81, 94, 106, 116, 133, 147, 159 
Angel Pear, - - - - - - 36 
Apple Crop Measured, - - - 135 
Arizona Fruit Industry, - - - 109 
Australia Fruit Culture, - - - 136 
Beauty of the Landscape, - - - 68 
Ben Davis Apple, - - - - 130 
Berkhan, Herman, - - - - 117 
Bill Nye Talks Back, ... 35 
Biltmore Forest System, . . - 37 
Black Hills Fruit Farm, - - 33 
Bordeaux Mixture, . . - - 53 
British Columbia, . . - - 128 
Bull, Dr. E. W. - - - - - 134 
Burbank, Luther - - - - 107 
Canadian Tariff, - - - - - 21, 25 
Cause of New Bugs, - - - - 59 
Chase, R. G..9 
Chautauqua Grape Belt, - - - 34. 62 
Cheap Nursery Stock, - - - - 119 
Classilication of Nursery Stoc 
k. - 10 
Clematis, IMme. Ed. Andre, - 
- 115 
Cold Weather, - 
24, 58, 62, 65 
Colorado, ... - 
- 23, 27 
Columbian Raspberry, 
- 95. 131 
Commercial Orchards\ - 
- 25, 33, 146 
Competition, 
- 51, 97 
Conservation of IMoisture, 
77 
Cornell Horticultural Work. 
- 35, 91 
Crop Reports, 
- 115, 147 
Cultural Queries, 
- 65, 121 
Davis, Franklin, - 
- 134 
Destruction Florida Crops, 
21 
Douglas, R(ff)ert, - 
157 
